Improvement in blanks for cutlery-handles



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ISAAC' G. HCTCHKISS, OF NAUGATUCK, CONNECTICUT.

Lettefrs Patent No.86,983, dated Eeb'rua/ry IG, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN BLANKS FOR CUTLERY-HANDLES;

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and'makfing part of thesame.

To all whom may concern Be it known that I, ISAAC G. Ho'rcHKIss, ofNaugatuck, in` the county of New Haven, and State of Connecticut,v haveinvented a new Improvement in Cutting Cutlery-Handle Coverings; and I dohereby declare the following, when taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, and the letters of reference marked thereon, tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the same, and which said(hawingsconstitute part of this specification, and represent, in-

Figure I, a perspective view of one ofthe scales completely -coveredFigure 2, a' perspective View ofthe scale without the covering;

Figure 3, the covering as prepared by my improvement;

Figure 4, the covering, as heretofore prepared, to be placed upon thescale; and in Figures 5 and 6, perspective views of the two parts of thedie for cutting my improvement.

This invention relates` more particularly to covering handles ofpocketlcntlery.

Heretofore the blank has been cut into the form seen in iig. 4, for ascale of the form seen in fig. 2. YThe blank thus cut is secured to thescale, then trimmed by hand. This, it will be observed, involves nosmall degree of labor.

My improvement, whereby the greater' portion of this labor is obviated,consists in cutting the blank, hy dies or other process, into the properform before placing upon the handle.

To enable others to fully understand my invention, I will proceed todescribe the same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I rst form a die, A, seen in fig. 5, of the form required for thehandle, that is, the form of the scale upon which the handle is to beplaced, and provide this with a follower, B,- seen in lig'. 6; thenplace the material from which the coverings are to be'formed, betweenthe dies, and cut therefrom, as seen in lig. 3.

The covering thus cutis placed upon the handle, and the labor heretoforerequired in shaping the covering, after it is placed upon the scale, isentirely obvia-ted, the cutting ofthe blanks being comparatively nocost, and the work thus producedis far superior to the old, and theblanks thus cut become an article 0f manufacture, and may be distinctand separate from that of the manufacture yof the metal portion,V itbeing only necessary for the manufacturers of the coverings to know theshape of the scale upon which the covering is to be placed.

It is not to be understood thatpthe covering is entirely inished by theprocess claimed, but only shaped so far as it can be as an article ofmanufacture; that is to say, the covering is made of the exact formrequired by the manufacturer, so that after the covering is fixed to thescale, the manufacturer has only to finish the surface; whereas, when asheretofore manufactured, that is to say, with the ends square, it isnecessary, after such a covering has been xedto the scale, to shave orcut off the extra material, in order to bring the covering to the shapeof the scale. This last labor, which is no inconsiderable portion of thelabor upon the handle, is,

ISAAC G. HOTCHKISS.

I make Witnesses:

A. J. TrBBrrs, JOHN H. SHUMWAY.

by my improved coverings, entirely avoided, and it is

